“When the union’s been placed under administration, it simply means that we will have a situation where all the office bearers will be removed. If there are issues that need to be regulated on financial institutions, the administrator will be tasked with getting a foreign team to go and investigate what happened to the money if there is money that has disappeared.”

Ceppwawu has been dysfunctional for years, with its leaders fighting over an investment fund worth over R6 billion.